Joseph Alexander Smith

Freelance Multimedia Journalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia

With its unique cultural traditions and vernacular architectural style, Tbilisi - a city on the edge of empires and civilizations - has enchanted travellers, writers and artists for centuries. The many secrets of the city's past are often hidden - in the backstreets, private courtyards and entranceways of its historic quarters and buildings.

With a keen interest in Tbilisi's cultural and architectural heritage, my tailored heritage tours offer tourists a chance to step behind the facade and view the city from within - through the historical interiors of these fascinating buildings and the stories they hold.

"Joseph is very involved in local Georgian history, life and culture and his love for his adopted city is contagious. Time flew by and we were all captured by the city's secret past" - Kathy Fester, USA